Monday, January 13.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the petition of Conrad Laub and others, respecting the appointment of Mr. Gallatin to be a Senator of the United States.
On motion,
Ordered, That a Committee of Elections, to consist of seven, be appointed, and that the petition of Conrad Laub and others be referred, without prejudice as to any questions which may, upon the hearing, be raised by the sitting member, as to the sufficiency of the parties and the matter charged in the petition, to the same committee, to state the facts, and that they be authorized to send for persons, and papers; also, that Messrs. Bradley, Ellsworth, Mitchell, Rutherford, Brown, Livermore, and Taylor, be this committee.
Tuesday, January 14.
Agreeably to the order of the day, the Senate took into consideration the motion made yesterday for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the Judicial power thereof.
And, on the question to agree to the resolution as follows:
"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said constitution, to wit;
"The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State:"
It passed in the affirmative—yeas 23, nays 2, as follows: